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Soy-based protein boosts hunger hormone and stimulates appetite
Researchers have discovered a protein that stimulates secretion of ghrelin, an appetite-stimulating hormone produced in the stomach. When fed to mice, the protein, called soy-ghretropin, increased blood levels of ghrelin and boosted their appetite.
The findings, which are published in FEBS Letters, suggest that soy-ghretropin may be developed for elderly people or anorexic patients whose ghrelin levels and food intake are reduced.
More information:
Junya Nakato et al, Soy-ghretropin, a novel ghrelin-releasing peptide derived from soy protein, FEBS Letters (2016). DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12306
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